Fried mozzarella nuggets and red scallion rings
This week’s CSA went super quickly! But, after making french bread pizza, there was still a lot of mozzarella left. bda suggested trying to make our own fried mozzarella. And I didn’t want to forget about the red scallions….
Deep-frying is not easy, but it definitely is simple. Since I was only frying small things, I set up a small pot with a good depth of oil, rather than a larger pot, where I might have had to worry about food running aground. I set up my dipping station:
Oil, flour, eggs, breadcrumbs. So simple. But the dredging, the dipping, the batter forming on your hands, the bits left in the oil, the needing to keep the temperature just so, to cook without crowding… there’s a reason that fried food is the first thing America almost completely outsourced to the fast food industry.
A one Miss Rachel Ray might have led me to believe that mozzarella nuggets would take 3 to 5 minutes to fry. She lies. It took 60 to 90 seconds. The fried scallions took even less. I spent as long making the dipping sauce as I spent actually cooking. And it was yummy! But I’m not the one who has to clean the pots and bowls. :)
